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Responders. a year later investigators still have not determined what caused this blast. with all the cold rain and even snow that hammered parts of the nation this week, what will your easter weekend look like? well, the northeast will start to dry out. and parts of the southeast will see heavy rain with threats of flooding. in the central part of the country, some storms off and on but nothing too serious. for those of you in the northwest, pretty soggy but at least it wont be snowing. in ...

Jon: well right now, general motors is trying to ward off dozens of lawsuits stemming from that massive faulty ignition switch recall. the automaker asking a court to shield it from claims related to crashes that happened before before the company filed for bankruptcy protection. arthel neville live with details at the breaking news desk. >> youre right, jon. gm is asking for a stay on litigation related to the faulty ignition claims. this effort to protect the car maker from liability from clai...

Had expected. so u.s. futures pointing to a higher open. one stock to watch today, gm. ceo mary bar a front and center at the new york auto show last night declining to comment on how many people played a role on that botched ignition switch recall. she says the company still has a lot of work to do. gm filing a motion to stop lawsuits tied to that recall, citing its 2009 bankruptcy as legal protection. >> good to be with you this week. >> you, too. >> have a safe trip home. >> thank you. "new...

Your son tragically died. do you agree with that? >> no. i believe that they had several meetings trying to decide what to do with the faulty ignition switch prior to my sons accident. and im sure they had the same type meetings with the power steering. so, no, i dont agree with that out all. i think they new quite well that financially they would hurt their car sales if they addressed the re-call itch dont think the re-call itself had anything to do with it. just think that financially they nee...

The virginia tech student was killed in 2009 when his car careened into a tree in the middle of the day. the family says there were no skid marks. he wasnt on the cell phone, his radio an low and no alcohol involved. months later his parents received re-call notes on the very car in which he did. one involving power steering and then a faulty ignition switch now. bens dad, gordon, just wants answer. very good to have you. >> thank you gunner im very sorry about what you had to deal with and what...

Out of life, but the more signals they can get the better they can pinpoint precisely whats coming up from the sea bed which, dont forget, is almost three miles down. next thing they want to do is deploy a submersible vehicle, a kind of drone to put down there and take a look. its a walking pace and incredibly slow and the area they have at the moment is very large. it would take weeks if are the drone to search that, but the more of the signals they can get, the more they will be able to narrow...

Look at stories around the "news nation" today. for the first time since the recall was announced general motors has announced that two employees have been placed on paid leave. over 2.5 million gm cars have been recalled. 12 deaths are believed to be linked to the ignition switch recalls. dede nighed more than one request about tamerlan tsarnaev two years before the deadly attack. the information includes a phone call in which tsarnaev and his mother in which they reportedly discussed islamic...

Decade to report the problem after 13 people had died. last week on capitol hill one lawmaker accused of worker of trying to cover up the fally ignition switch issue. >> a man accused of murdering nine people as a drug cart yell hitman said he actually killed up to 40 people over three decades, according to the strict attorney in north alabama. prosecutors say the killings stretch has cross three states. >> first-time job claims fell to the lowest level for seven years. well have continuing news...

25 times with the 5 and a half inch heel of her shoe. she is now facing life in prison. start talking or start paying fines. frustrated that gm missed a deadline about ignition switch problems federal officials will fine the car company 7,000 dollars a day until they get the answers they wan. gm insists the company is cooperating with the investigation. 2 million cars being recalled. forget about obamacare exchanges. a study found employer coverage is booming. of the previously uninsured who g...

Was wasnt the problem fixed? well, a 2005 memo cited by lawmakers said it was because redesigning the ignition switch would have cost 90 cents per car. theres still much to determine, but the reason mary barra, the ceo of gm just testified this week, begins with the meltons and their search for truth. and the sleuthing of an engineer named mark hood, hired by their lawyer. it was hood who pierced together that the original part from brook meltons car did not bought store bought replacement despi...